Your supervisor will become the second most important driving force of your project for the next few years. On occasion he or she will become THE driving force when motivation slumps…
Written by Rachel Jones
After completing a BA in English and MA in Victorian Literature, Art and Culture at Royal Holloway University of London, I was awarded a full Principal’s Scholarship to undertake a PhD at Liverpool John Moores University where I am currently a sessional lecturer. I began my PhD in September 2018 and analyse the work of the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). In my posts I hope to shed some light on the PhD process as I progress and to offer some advice to others drawn from the lessons I learn along the way.
In-depth Research
The last blog post discussed the purpose of attaining a superficial research overview of your area is so that you can identify a gap in knowledge which you can propose…
Finding Your Thesis
I had never studied Arthur Conan Doyle until I started researching to find my thesis. I knew I was interested in the turn of the century era, and the impact…
Deciding to Apply for a PhD
Doctoral Decisions To open this blog post series, I have decided to start at the very beginning by addressing your decision to apply for a PhD. Managing your Masters workload…